Explore the definitive guide to the Age of Economic Warfare with Chokepoints by Edward Fishman. This gripping, behind-the-scenes account details the pivotal geopolitical shift where sanctions, tariffs, and control over critical resources have become the primary weapons of the 21st century. Drawing on extensive research and firsthand experience as a former top US State Department official, Fishman reveals how the US turned economics into a weapon, and how global powers like China and Europe are now following suit.

This book was shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award and was named an Economist and Financial Times ‘Best Book of 2025’.

• Provides a masterful narrative of US economic warfare in the 21st century, according to the Financial Times.
• Reveals how control over modern-day chokepoints—including the US dollar, advanced microchip technology, and critical energy supply chains—is used in modern geopolitics.
• Offers unique, behind-the-scenes insights based on previously unpublished sources and interviews with key players.
• Structured with short chapters for breathtaking clarity and detail regarding sanctions, tariffs, and price controls.
• Authored by Edward Fishman, a former top US State Department official.

• Author: Edward Fishman
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Print Length: 560 pages
• Publication Date: January 29, 2026
• ISBN-10: 1783968931
• ISBN-13: 978-1783968930
• Dimensions: 19.8 x 3.9 x 12.8 cm
• Weight: 400 g
• Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited

If you seek to understand the forces shaping the current global economy, Chokepoints delivers the urgent analysis required for this new era of economic conflict.